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Show 'BE MEETS TRAGIC DEATH Young Husband Mistaken Mis-taken for Robber Is Shot by Officer Chicago, March 20. A fragile woman wom-an with an eight-months-old child Is today to-day mourning the loss of her husband, Joseph Finn, 21 years old, who lies dead because Alexander Scott, a policeman, po-liceman, mistook him for "Hlekles" Kilroy, a suspected robber, and shot blm. Immediately after the killing. Scott realized his mistake, notified his station, surrendered and was held in custody pending the coroner's investigation. in-vestigation. When he was Informed , that the widow of bis victim, with her . child in her arms, wa3 wondering why : her husband did not come home to supper, he was overcome, and it was some time before ho could explain the shooting in detail. He said ho fired only after Finn refused tn stop, upon being ordered to surrender, and had made a motion as If to draw a weapon. Kilroy is much older than the man whoso life was ended. |